May 17, 2005

May 17, 2005

Lorette, Manitoba

DAY 334

 

Today was sunny and warm.

After showering this morning, I sat down to have a cup of coffee and chat with Sharon. We engaged in a heated argument that blew the morning. What a waste of time ! Mine and hers ! You'd think that one of us would eventually get wise enough to learn from past mistakes, but apparently not !

Joanne and I spent the afternoon washing Harvey. < sigh > What a big, tough job. That included hitching up, relocating the trailer to the other side of the Danelak's circular driveway, then unhitching again. In addition to a great deal of road grime, the trailer was covered in little black spots that were almost impossible to remove. I don't know whether they were salt spray from the ocean, or acid rain, or road tar, or tree sap ? ! We scrubbed and scrubbed, using a bug and tar spray, and an abrasive scrub pad. I've got to try to figure out some better method and / or schedule for washing Harvey. When we finally finished washing the trailer, we cleaned up, changed, and headed out to run some errands before heading to Carlson's for supper. We filled up with diesel, picked up a part I special ordered from a GM dealer, and bought some beer for Bud. I would have liked to run more errands, but we were battling rush hour traffic, and Joanne said we had to start heading to Carlson's, more than a half hour drive from where we were shopping. I don't much like being in big cities any more.

We got to Carlson's, and gave Madeleine and Amelia some trinkets and souvenirs we had picked up for them during our travels this winter. Lorri and the girls gave Joanne her belated birthday gift, which served to remind me of the UPS / General Delivery fiasco in Livingston, Texas in January. We had dinner, then went outside to play with the girls in the back yard until their bedtime. I told them a silly bed time story, then while Lorri put them to sleep, we chatted with Doug for awhile about our upcoming summer "job" as Campground Hosts at West Hawk Lake. Before leaving the Carlson's, I retrieved e-mail and updated my blog. On the way back out to Lorette, we stopped at Wal-Mart in St. Vital Centre to pick up a few items, arriving just a few minutes before their 10:00 P.M. closing. Once back at the trailer, we did some evening chores, then I did today's accounting and journal.

On to West Hawk tomorrow !

DSK